Russell Daddy Barlow Iver Johnson Boston

[Treasure Trawler]

Hey everybody. I think I might have found a pretty cool valuable knife but wanted to run this past you guys. i think it has a broken pin by blade because blade is loose & the back spring can shift a little. The tip of blade must have been broken at some point. Can anyone help me out on information? Can't seem to find much about it but I know that Iver Johnson made firearms. Thanks!

[LongBlade]

Nice old knife... Iver Johnson was a sporting goods store in Boston in the very early 1900s... I know they had some knives made for them by Russell but not sure who else... given the condition including blade it is hard to suggest a monetary value for me but given its age etc it does have historical value... maybe somebody can venture a guess as to monetary value but I assume not too much....

[knife7knut]

Nice catch! I have a Russell fixed blade with thistle handle that is stamped Iver Johnson.Pretty rare stamp. Wonder how many different knives Russell did for them.

[btrwtr]

In addition to the thistle tops Russell also made Bowie hunting knives for Iver Johnson. The Russell versions of any of the knives are nice but I think the Iver Johnsons are a cut above.

Sweet old Barlow there!

[cato]

NICE, KNIVES AND INFO

[Treasure Trawler]

You guys think it be worth fixing the pin or better left in original condition? I know it must have some historical value, don't think many folding knives were made.

[btrwtr]

Hard question to answer without knowing exactly what is wrong with the knife. Is the back spring okay?

[Treasure Trawler]

Hey Wayne, yeah the back spring is fine. It will actually slide about 1/4 to the end. I can see that the pin is broken closest to blade which must hold back spring in place? I think if pin was put back it would tighten blade, give blade some snap and get rid of wobble. Is there a way to fix without making it look like it was fixed?

[knife7knut]

Here's my IJ fixed blade.Sorry for the lousy pics;camera is messing up again(probably low batteries)

[btrwtr]

Nice old thistle top K7K!

Looks like we're starting a collection of Russell made Iver Johnson knives here.

[RobesonsRme.com]

If Iver Johnson was simply a sporting goods company in Boston, I wonder who made their pistols, because they sold a lot of breaktop revolvers back then.

My Dad and I used to collect American made breaktop revolvers and we had a 38 Iver Johnson that had a folding/locking stiletto style bayonet mounted under the barrel.

I don't think the blade was marked, but I cannot swear to that. I wasn't checking tang stamps back then.

Charlie Noyes

[mrwatch]

Their was also Iver Johnson bicycles.

[Treasure Trawler]

Thanks for the info everybody. Nice looking knives. So I'm thinking I'd like to try and fix this pin myself. Wondering if there is a repair kit that I could buy somewhere...tools needed to work on pocket knives? Thinking I could practice on some beat up knives then give it a try. What do you guys think?